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-X.  Y.  Z. 

OF     WALL     STREET 


By 

A.  P.  If. 

Author  of 

< '  Shakespeare  for  the    Unsophisticated ' '    and 
"Grandmother's    Cook  Book" 


PUBLISHED 

BY 
THE    NANTUCKET    PUBLISHING    COMPANY 

1204  BROADWAY,  NEW  YORK 

AND 
426  STRAND,  LONDON 


COPYRIGHT,  1902,  BY 
NEW  AMSTERDAM  BOOK  Co. 


PREFACE 

At  some  period  during  every  man' s  life  be 
thinks  be  can  make  money  by  speculating 
in  Wall  Street.  To  such  this  book  will 
prove  valuable,  not  tbat  it  shows  how  to 
make  money,  but,  rather,  how  to  limit  the 
losses. 

A.   P.   H. 


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A 


Is   for  Advice   that   I'm 

giving  free, 
Don't  monkey  with  Wall  Street, 
Or  you'll   lose   like   me. 


Bis  the  Broker  who  holds 
this    position ; 

You    may   win    or   may   lose, 
Still  he  makes  his  commission. 


C  Stands  for  Clerks,  who  all 
ape   their   bosses. 
And  use  all  their  wages  to  pay 
up   their   losses. 


D  Stands  for  Dread  and  D's 
for   Disaster : 

Remember,     my     friend,     and 
don't   live   like   Astor. 


Els   good    Earnings    they 
always   report 

Just  at  the  time  you  sold  some 
stock  "short." 


Fls  crop  Failures — some- 
times wheat,  sometimes 
corn. 

This    usually    happens    at    the 
moment   you're    "long.'' 


Stands  for  Gambling  (dear 

me,  how  absurd). 
They  speculate   there ;    I   used 
the   wrong  word. 


Is  for  "Hello!"    You 

answer   the   call. 
;<More   margin,'"  says   broker  $ 
;<Your  stocks   had   a  fall." 


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I  Stands   for  Interest,  which 
runs   night   and   day 
And   gradually  eats    all   profits 
away. 


Jls  for  Jersey,  where  they 
make   the   Trusts, 
And  J  is  for  ujay,'    who  buys 
them  and  "busts." 


Stands  for  Keene,  a  man 

of  great  fame, 
rho  is  "keen"  in  his  business, 
as   well   as   in   name. 


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L Stands  for  Losses,  and  L 
stands   for   Lend. 
If  you   lend    to   pay   losses, 
You'll   lose   money  and   friend. 


Mis  for  Morgan,  magnif- 
icent man, 

Who  multiplies  millions  when- 
ever he  can. 


N 


Stands  for  "Nipper"; 
That's  Northern 
Pacific. 

It  goes  up  sometimes  at  a  pace 
that's   terrific. 


Stands  for  Ocean;  there's 

water  in  there- 
And  a  lot  down  in  Wall  Street, 
so  do  have  a  care. 


p 


Stands  for  Profits  and,  no 

matter  how  small, 
Take  it,  or  there'll  be  no  profit 
at  all. 


Is  for  Ouiet,  which  like- 

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wise  is  peace, 
'o  enjoy  peace   and   quiet  let 
all  gambling  cease. 


T^   Stands    for    Rockefeller, 
J^^        that  wonder  of  men, 
Who  gives  'way  a  million,  then 
turns  and  makes  ten. 


S  Stands   for   Stocks   and   S 
stands  for  Shares. 
S   stands   for    Speculate   and   S 
stands   for   Snares. 


Tls  for  Tips;    avoid  them 
like  poison, 

Or  else  you'll  be  troubled  with 
feet  that  are  frozen. 


Vis  for  Visions  of  wealth 
that  you  dream, 
But  remember  things  seldom  are 
what  they  seem. 


Wls  for  Waldorf,  where 
in  the  cafe 

You  lie  to  your  friends  of  your 
profits  that  day. 


X  Stands   for  ten,  by  the 
clock  you  will  see, 
The  Exchange  opens  then  and 
closes  at  three. 


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Yls  for  Youth  that  seems 
long  ago. 

I  had  daring  then,  but  now  I  go 
slow. 


Z  Stands  for  Zero;  that's  all 
will  remain. 

I  got  there  myself;   now  you'll 
do  the  same. 


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